Apartment Therapy Tour
I am very honored (and, quite frankly, a little nervous) to have our home toured on Apartment Therapy today, please take a look. When I was asked by Andie if I wanted to do this, Peter and I had to think hard about it. We are not decorators, we don’t have expensive, iconic pieces that make others drool. But I decided to do the tour because I think what we do have is a home filled with us. Our home is filled with love, lots of handmade things, and we’ve made it a very comfortable, livable space. My hope is that our home shows that you don’t have to spend a lot of money to create a comfortable, lively space that you can feel proud of.
Enjoy!
Melissa f.
September 9, 2011 at 5:30 pmIt looks fantastic. And I can vouch for its on person comfort and style. I LOVE being in your house.
Angela
September 9, 2011 at 7:11 pmLove it! And love your description of home – that it’s “filled with us.” That’s exactly how it should be. (Nice to see our silhouettes on the wall too!)
Alicia A.
September 9, 2011 at 8:09 pmBlair- your house is GORGEOUS!
Angela
September 9, 2011 at 9:20 pmThanks for sharing. It is fun to have a grander scheme look at all the pieces and projects you have blogged about.
alex duenkel
September 10, 2011 at 5:22 amYour home is lovely! I enjoyed the house tour…
Shar Ulm
September 10, 2011 at 7:51 amI want to know about the round objects on your wall that appear to be fanned-out books. Am I right? Love your home – so interesting.
Dawn
September 10, 2011 at 7:58 amCongrats!! looks great!
Laura Dodson
September 10, 2011 at 7:59 amSo before I got into my “ohmywordiloveyourhouse” treatise….
umHELLOoo! The Girl with the Pearl Earring string art!!!!!!! Seriously? Gollygosh I love it. LOVE it. What an incredible idea! The second I saw it I gasped. Honest to goodness gasped.
And the kitchen. The white tile. The expanse of counterspace. Gleamy.
Those little log paintings.
The book foldings in the bedroom.
The kitchy mexican blankie, helmety, posterized area.
The grey sofa.
STUDIO.
Are those komforte chocolates fabric art? Love!
Quilty happy.
Dining table.
Windows!
Welcome…can I steal that idea?
Should I keep going?
I have to say that magazine homes are not lived in homes. And I love lived in homes. They’re real. Personal. Love y’alls home. Our home is really traditional/vintagey. And I really like how you have a mingle of tradional stuff, mid-century modern, your own vibe, etc.
The STRING ART! *sigh*
Hayley
September 10, 2011 at 8:31 amYour home is wonderful! I love the dining home- did you make the string art?? I adore it!
Cheers!
Bibbitybob
September 10, 2011 at 8:40 amI love your home! Congratulations 🙂 x
Cami @ camicami.net
September 10, 2011 at 10:40 amYour home is stunning! Such beautiful color, and every element is interesting to look at. Gorgeous!
lisa
September 10, 2011 at 10:58 amI totally agree and I am DYING over the string art. Amazing, perfect choice of subject … the box around it. That was indeed worth a “teaser”.
amy h
September 10, 2011 at 5:40 pmAT commenters are always so catty — I’d be nervous, too! But it looked great! I don’t remember you showing off the string art. Did I miss something? It’s very cool.
Cheryl Arkison
September 11, 2011 at 6:49 amLove it! And very jealous of the studio space…
Erika Sews
September 11, 2011 at 2:45 pmCongrats, your place looks fabulous!
Brittany
September 11, 2011 at 4:38 pmI don’t comment often but I LOVE pics of your home! It just seems so happy! The books you have piled on the desk, with the vase of flowers on top just took me back to my childhood! We used to have those books! I spent hours reading them! I wonder where they are now?
blair/wisecraft
September 11, 2011 at 8:39 pmcome visit soon! xoxo
blair/wisecraft
September 11, 2011 at 8:40 pmThank you Angela. I still cherish those silhouettes you know, especially because it seems like the kid’s profiles are changing so much right now.
blair/wisecraft
September 11, 2011 at 8:40 pmIts home : D. Thank you friend.
blair/wisecraft
September 11, 2011 at 8:40 pmI realize projects come and go through here so quickly I often forget to blog about them.
blair/wisecraft
September 11, 2011 at 8:41 pmThank you so much Alex!
blair/wisecraft
September 11, 2011 at 8:42 pmThanks Shar. Those are a super easy project from a beautiful book called The Repurposed Library (I blogged about making those here- http://blairpeter.typepad.com/weblog/2011/06/the-repurposed-library.html)
blair/wisecraft
September 11, 2011 at 8:42 pmThanks Dawn! Let’s meet for coffee soon!
blair/wisecraft
September 11, 2011 at 8:44 pmThank you so much Laura. I had a dread that folks would feel it looked cluttered and I’m sure some do, but I decided it had to feel like us or why do it. If its staged, its not us. So, thank you for appreciating that! And steal any idea you want! : D
blair/wisecraft
September 11, 2011 at 8:45 pmThank you Hayley, I will be talking about that string art and how to do it this week, its easy!
blair/wisecraft
September 11, 2011 at 8:45 pmThank you so much!
blair/wisecraft
September 11, 2011 at 8:45 pmThank you so much for that Cami!
blair/wisecraft
September 11, 2011 at 8:46 pmLisa, I am going to talk about that string art this week, so check back. Its easy to do.
blair/wisecraft
September 11, 2011 at 8:47 pmThey certainly can be. There’s always gonna be haters. But honestly, I get tired of seeing tours of second homes on beautiful islands. Real life deserves some space too : D
blair/wisecraft
September 11, 2011 at 8:47 pmThank you Cheryl! I feel so lucky to have that studio space, especially this weekend when the rest of the house is sooo warm. Nice and cool down there!
blair/wisecraft
September 11, 2011 at 8:48 pmThank you so much Erika!
blair/wisecraft
September 11, 2011 at 8:49 pmBrittany, thank you for reading and taking the time to comment! I hope our home is happy. Life is not always happy, but hopefully we can come home to a place that helps us feel good about the world.
Those Childcraft books are treasures to me, and the kids. I bought the set for $4.99 at a thrift store several years ago and they are worth so much more than that to me now!!
susan b.
September 13, 2011 at 3:59 pmLove it all, Blair! I’m another Childcraft devotee 🙂
Kirsten
September 14, 2011 at 5:38 pmHi Blair, I love the pictures of your home, you can really see your and Peter’s personality come through! I would love to know more about the poster on the wall above the Lost in Translation poster, the black and white with red cycling poster. My husband is a cycling nut too (we are in Seattle) and he would love something like that. Thanks!
Dacia
September 16, 2011 at 10:51 amYay! Congrats! I just popped over to take a look and the links aren’t working to the pics. Your place looks so fun!
Joachim Wang
March 1, 2012 at 9:32 amYou are absolutely right! It’s not about money. You can create a home by designing things in a way that reflects the positive qualities of the people who live inside. The single picture at the top of your post shows such a bright and comfortable image, so good job on that!